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Re:Watching video twice at 2x can benefit learning better th... by commoner on Thursday December 23, 2021 @06:14AM (#29660735)
The most important sentence in the article:

> The timing mattered, though: only those who’d watched the 2x video for a second time immediately before a test, rather than right after the first viewing, got this advantage.

Re:Watching video twice at 2x can benefit learning better th... by smiley1437 on Thursday December 23, 2021 @06:24AM (#29660807)
Sounds a lot like early spaced repetition effects (supermemo/anki) but without the extended repetitions?
Re:Watching video twice at 2x can benefit learning better th... by laserlight on Thursday December 23, 2021 @06:59AM (#29660998)
More like cramming before the exam in this case. Though, one can use rewatching as a spaced repetition session. The key would be to actively try to remember the narrative of the lecture. Otherwise, passive rewatching wouldn't help as much.
Re:Watching video twice at 2x can benefit learning better th... by rsanek on Thursday December 23, 2021 @07:39PM (#29668448)
Given this huge caveat, the title of the article is at best extremely deceiving. It's bonkers to me that this was the comparison they chose (watched at 1x speed -> 1 week delay -> test) vs (watched at 2x speed -> 1 week delay -> watched 2x speed -> test). Full description of this is found on page 7 at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356194270_Learning_...
Re:Watching video twice at 2x can benefit learning better th... by unknownus3r on Thursday December 23, 2021 @07:58AM (#29661397)
Another thing: what were the scores? If the 2x watchers got a 70 instead of a 50 does that really help? In college I was trying to get As not Cs
Re:Watching video twice at 2x can benefit learning better th... by vmception on Thursday December 23, 2021 @07:46AM (#29661312)
What about watching a video at 1x twice